The Delhi High Court today issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D’Souza on a civil defamation suit seeking damages of two crore rupees filed by Union Minister Smriti Irani. Ms Irani’s action came after the Congress leaders alleged that her 18-year-old daughter Zoish Irani ran a bar illegally in Goa and also targeted the Minister over this. They also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack her from his Cabinet.
Justice Mini Pushkarna also directed the three Congress leaders to remove tweets, retweets, posts, videos and photos from social media in relation to the allegations made against Ms Irani. The court said in case, the defendants fail to comply with its directions within 24 hours, social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook and YouTube shall take down the material.
